"Burnt Weeny Sandwich" is a studio album with live elements by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, released in 1970. In contrast to "Weasels Ripped My Flesh", which is predominately live and song-oriented, most of "Burnt Weeny Sandwich" focuses on studio recordings and tightly arranged compositions.
The album was essentially a 'posthumous' Mothers release having been released after Frank Zappa dissolved the band. Ian Robertson Underwood's contributions are significant on this album. The album, like its counterpart "Weasels Ripped My Flesh", comprises tracks from the Mothers vault that were not previously released. Whereas Weasels mostly showcases the Mothers in a live setting, much of "Burnt Weeny Sandwich" features studio work and structured Zappa compositions, like the centerpiece of the album, "Little House I Used To Live In," which consists of several movements and employs compound meters such as 11/8 with an overlaid melody in 10/8 (parts of which were recorded by the Mothers, while the middle violin solo section featuring *Don "Sugarcane" Harris, was an outtake from the Hot Rats sessions).
The album's rather unusual title, Zappa would later say in an interview, comes from an actual snack that he enjoyed eating, consisting of a burnt Hebrew National hot dog sandwiched between two pieces of bread with mustard.
Tracklist
01. WPLJ (Four Deuces) (Frank Zappa) - 3:02
02. Igor's Boogie, Phase One (Frank Zappa) - 0:40
03. Overture to a Holiday in Berlin (Frank Zappa) - 1:29
04. Theme From Burnt Weeny Sandwich (Frank Zappa) - 4:35
05. Igor's Boogie, Phase Two (Frank Zappa) - 0:35
06. Holiday In Berlin, Full Blown (Frank Zappa) - 6:27
07. Aybe Sea (Frank Zappa) - 2:45
08. Little House I Used to Live In (Frank Zappa) - 18:42
09. Valarie (Jackie and the Starlites) (Frank Zappa) - 3:14
Released: February 9, 1970
Genre: Jazz Fusion, Experimental Rock
Length: 41:07
Label: Bizarre/Reprise
Producer: Frank Zappa
Engineer: Dick Kunc
Arranger: Frank Zappa
Personnel
Frank Zappa – organ, guitar, vocals
Jimmy Carl Black – percussion, drums
Roy Estrada – bass, vocals
Janet Ferguson – vocals
Bunk Gardner – horn, wind
Buzz Gardner - trumpet
Billy Mundi - Drums (Uncredited, left group in December 1967)
Lowell George – guitar
Don "Sugarcane" Harris – violin, vocals
Don Preston – bass, piano, keyboards
Jim Sherwood – guitar, vocals, wind
Art Tripp – drums, percussion
Ian Underwood – guitar, piano, keyboards, wind
